Your Quarter One Awesomeness!!!!

Dear ladies,

I just want to circle around and thank you all for being fabulous advocates, educators, learners, problem solvers, collaborators, communicators, and activists. On a personal level, I want to thank you for being such strong young women. You have done a remarkable job of working together, working alone, working with me, and working with others this first quarter. You have accomplished so much!

Here is a list:

1. New global ISSN multilingual signs for sustainability
2. Creating a blog
3. Maintaining a blog
4. Researching, reading, writing, quoting, citing, summarizing, responding, analyzing, questioning, and commenting.
5. Creating a reading list
6. Creating a course proposal and proposing it
7. Site visit at Cape Elizabeth High School to find new composting stations
8. Creating a power point presentation of photos
9. Measuring and explaining the geometry of new composting stations
10. Presenting new composting stations to Mr. Kehoe at PATHS
11. Writing a grant to ECO-MAINE to support our sustainability initiative
12. Working on creating, increasing, and maintaining a system for students to monitor stations in cafeteria
13. Asking GARBAGE TO GARDENS to donate t-shirts
14. Asking QUALITY SHOP AND BLACK CAT CAFE to donate gift certificates
15. Fundraising with CLYNK and bottle drive
16. Canvasing for TAR SANDS in South Portland
17. Connecting with Portland High School and OCEAN CONSERVANCY to do a beach clean up at East End Beach
18. Connecting with Portland High School to do invasives trail work with PORTLAND TRAILS
19. Organizing and executing a field trip to ECO-MAINE for freshmen and the environmental club
20. Creating a system for "take a milk, leave a milk" in the cafeteria
21. Creating a reward(eggs) system to encourage student involvement in our sustainability initiative
22. Endless communication and emailing with DHS and PPS staff

I am sure there is something that I have forgotten. I bet Hannah will think of it, or Jenny.

I am so proud of you. You have been so responsible and amenable and willing.

98% for all of you.

Congratulations on fabulous work, and more, thank you,

fondly,

McW

How to Write Weekly Posts for Weekly Readings

Interns, Each week you are expected to spend around one hour plus reading and writing articles, websites, books, essays, and speeches that teach you about human ecology, environmentalism, and sustainability. There is a world of content out there on the internet. Go find it and read. Each week you are expected to post on this blog your thoughts about your reading. Here are the expectations.

 1.) read one article, website, chapter, or section of chosen reading per week(average one hour of     reading)

2.) On the blog:

     A. Title Each Post with the Wednesday date of each week

     B. Write an MLA works cited entry for your source

     C. Write a brief summary of the content of your reading

     D. Tag,"Quote" the most important/inspiring passage from the reading

     E. Respond with your own personal thinking, realizations, or questions

     F. Go to our Reading List google document and paste your MLA entry into your personal reading  list

      G. Go to your fellow interns' posts and offer one academic comment for each of their posts (START EACH WEEK DOING THIS).

3.)FOR THE FIRST WEEK, Jenny and Hannah will read and post about the introduction of our shared text: Exploring Global Issues: Social, Economic, and Environmental Interconnections 

 4.) FOR THE SECOND WEEK Colleen and Molly will read and post about the introduction of our shared text: Exploring Global Issues: Social, Economic, and Environmental Interconnections.

We have to share our only two copies of the text until we get more. You are expected to read a total of five chapters from our text. You choose which ones and when. Share the two copies we have. Pass them back and forth.

I will be looking at your posts to see the breadth of your reading choices and the depth of your thinking and responding. I will be checking these but not formally grading them until the end of each quarter when you and I will reflect on your reading and posting.

Your quarter grades will be based on two assignments:

1. READING and WRITING and POSTING on our blog weekly. Based on self-reflection.

2. COLLABORATING and ADVOCATING in the building throughout the week - attendance and engagement at Tuesday internship meetings and Wednesday morning club meetings. Based on self-reflection.

Cheers,

McW